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G. W.l BORNE. FEED BAG FOR HORSES.

Patented'eb. 12,` 1884.

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y horses, the improvements being especially ap- GEORGE WV. HORNE, OF NEV YORK,

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' OF SAME PLACE.

FEED-BAG Foa Housse.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,250, dated February 12, 1884,

- i Application filed May 9, issn. (No model.) i

lfor Horses, of which the following is a specication. Y

rIhe object of my invention is to provide improved means for Ventilating feed-bags for plicable to feed-bags in which one end is supported by the harness, so as to be maintained in proximity to the lower portion of the neck of the animal, and the other end supported near the nose of the animal, so that the position of the feed in the bag (when the latter is partly iilied) may be controlled by the movements of the horses head.

The ventilator forming the subject ofthe present application consists of two or more vertical tubes, the inner ends of which terminate near the nostrils of the horse, while the upper ends open outward. Such tubes may be constructed of rubber, leather,` or. othersuitable material, and they are of sufficient size to both p reventany possibility of their becoming clogged and to allow free circula tion of the air.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a nose-bag, illustrating my invention as applied to a horses head, showing the same in an elevated position in full lines. The dotted lines show the same in the lower position. Fig. 2 illustrates a modification in the construction of the Ventilating portion.

4Referring to these'igures, A represents a cylindrical sack or bag, of canvas or other suitable material, one end of which is preferably closed by means of a semicircular block of wood or other stiff material, as shown at a. AThe other end is closed by a seam, ai. The lower side of the bagmaybe formed or rounded at this end, as found convenient. Upon the upper side of this end of the bag is formed a longitudinal slit, through which it is designed that the horses nose shall pass. The main portion of the bag-may be formed from a single piece of cloth sewed together upon the upper edge. The opening or slit b is formed by simply leaving an open place in this seam. A cord, c, is secured to the wooden'section a, and may b e ltied to the hames or to the saddle as desired, for supporting that end of the bag. A similar cord, d, is secured to one side ofthe head to the opposite side of the bag, where it to bring the bag into 'such a position that the horses nose will enter the lateral opening. At the front or nose end of the bag is formed a ventilator, which, as shown in Fig. 1, consists of short rubber tubes, e e2, covered with coarse canvas or other cloth. The inner ends of these tubes may, if desired,be beveled to prevent any possible chang of the horses nose. The number and size of these tubes may be varied as desired. The position of the bag when the horses head is down is indicated in dotted lines, and the length of the bag is preferably such that it will not be stretched tight when the horses head is in its forward position.

Fig. 2shows a modification in the plan of Ventilating the bag, which consists in forming a transverse slot in the nose end of the bag and placing a stijf corrugated piece of leather, f, or other suitable material along and in front of the slot g, thus forminga series of vertical tubes. The section f preferably extends above the slot a sufficient distance to prevent the escape of the grain through the intervening space.

Vhile I have shown my invention as applied tothatform of feed-bags which are supported at both ends, so that the position of the movements of the animal, I do not intend to confine the application of the ventilator to other and ordinary forms as well.

improved ventilator,a sufficient amount of air is admitted to the nostrils of the horse to afford perfect respiration for the latter, and while the tubes are sufficiently open to prvent any possibility of clogging by reason of such bags, but contemplate its application to n ose end ofthe bag, and passes over the horse s is tied, the length of the cord being sufficient feed in the bag may be controlled bythe I Owing to the peculiar construction of my the accumulation of feed,as is common in venportionof the bag and opening into the inside -tiiators as heretofore Constructed, their upthereof, substantially as hereinbefore set forth. right position prevents the escape and loss of In testimony whereof I have hereunto subthe feed through-them. Y scribed my name this 5th day of May, A. D. 5 I un aware that it is not new to Combine zt 1883. ventilator with it feed-bag, and I do not herev in broadly claim such combination.

I claim as my invention- Titnesses: A ventilator-forfeed-bags, consisting of one I DANIEL WV. EDGEooMR,

GEORGE W. -HoRNE.

1o or more upright tubes secured to the front I CHARLES A. TERRY. 

